I'm a Mom. After years of desire and uncertainty if the day would ever come here I am. Follow along on the adventure..
My worries in my last post were unfounded. She's holding it through the night and not waking up. Avery has only had one or two slight accidents (where she caught it after a few drops as she rushed to the bathroom). She really has the potty thing down, even if we're out somewhere! In the past week she started saying she didn't need the seat insert and can climb up there and balance just fine w/o it.
This month has been very focused on family too. Avery's Aunt Jackie and Cousin Dani came to visit for a couple of weeks, during which time her Aunt Susanne also joined us. We had a full house. This was the first time Cousin Dani and Avery met - and I am pretty sure, although Cousin Dani will never admit it, she digs her. Always good when my two favorite rugrats get along.
For Halloween this year Avery had her dinosaur costume for the school parade. The parade was outdoors this year due to the virus and a bit chilly, but Aunt Jackie and I stuck it out to watch. Then Aunt Jackie put the finishing touches on a Zero the dog hat and with some help from Cousin Dani we rigged up something to keep a sheet in perfect placement to complete the costume for trick or treat. Our weather was so much nicer than last year.
Avery has woken several days with a dry diaper and made it to the potty. Don't get me wrong, it is great that she is mastering the whole potty situation.. but I didn't think about some of the implications.
Last night she strolled into my bedroom somewhere after 3am and woke me. She needed to potty.
I guess it's time to really start letting her wipe herself and taking steps to get confident that she won't unfurl the whole roll of paper.
All 5 days this week Avery went to school in undies and returned in the same (dry) undies and pants. Today we headed to soccer and out to shop, which made me nervous to attempt in just undies, so we put on a diapie with undies over top. I'll put it like this -- the girl has it down. I also now understand what they mean that you'll learn where every bathroom is. We hit the one at Target, the one in Bed Bath and Beyond, the one in TJIFridays, and the one in Burlington.
She also proved her ability to hold it for a little while before we hit the bathroom in Target. She was crying pretty hard and I had to get the need out of her!
It has been a busy and exciting month for Avery. She moved up to the first pre-school class early in the month. While her besty didn't move up with her, he wasn't too far behind.
School photos are done and are cute, even though she isn't doing more than smirking, not really smiling.
Today she went to school in underwear! We had a great day yesterday, she made it the whole way through and earned herself a candy bar after dinner.
She doesn't really look like a toddler anymore. Her legs are long and she can run pretty darn fast. We have had a good time outside with the neighbor girls, last night we were playing with caterpillars off of the kale plants.
This past weekend we made our first, and surely not last, visit to our towns pool. It is every bit as nice as the pool I spent way too many hours in as a child. They also have a separated kiddie pool with a little duckie slide and waterfall feature. They also keep one lane available for lap swimming!
Sign me up. I am ready for a season pass. I am sure that it isn't usually as empty as it was when we were there, but we loved it - even though the water was a bit chilly.